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Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015, provides for the same amount of royalty payable by existing lease holders in the...

“We had followed a consistent and prudent bidding strategy throughout the coal block auction process, with a serious long-term business perspective....

Extending special thanks to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and West Bengal CM Mamata Bannerjee for “unwavering support” in passage of...

“There are some very surreal moments because, of course, as well as being Prime Minister, I’m a dad - I’ve got three young children,” Cameron told...

At least two people were killed and 20 others injured when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded on Friday outside a Shia mosque during Friday...

A Pakistani court on Friday dismissed the plea of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi against his detention under a public security act, keeping the mastermind of...

Thein Sein, a former general who has run Myanmar since 2011 when the junta ceded power to a quasi-civilian government after decades of brutal rule,...

Diplomatic efforts to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table have gained pace recently, even as security forces have launched offensives against...

The civic polls, including in Kolkata, will be followed by elections to 92 other civic bodies across the state on April 25. The party said it will be...

The UP government on Friday said according to preliminary reports, there has been a loss of Rs 1,000 crore to crops due to the recent untimely rains...

Taken to task by the Patna High Court over large-scale copying in the ongoing matriculation examination and widespread criticism, the Bihar government...

Ranaghat sub-disional hospital superintendent AN Mondal said the nun was taken to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, 64...